An Analysis of the Dynamics of Ownership, Capacity Investments and Pricing Structure of Ports

Transport Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 629-652

  Xiao, Yibin ^a   Ng, Adolf K Y ^b   Yang, Hangjun ^c   Fu, Xiaowen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARGO HANDLING; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); GLOBAL ECONOMY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INVESTMENT; PORT OPERATION; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 84865289224     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2012.709888     Document Type: Article

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